[UNVERIFIED CONTENT] The Oklahoma State Capitol building was built in 1917. The beautiful dome was added in recent years. When the state erected the building it lacked the funding to build the planned dome, and therefore it went without for decades. Oklahoma City has been the state capital since 1910; Guthrie was the capital of Oklahoma from 1890 to 1910.

Oklahoma is dangerously close to making abortion illegal. The state passed a bill in the State Senate this March and in the House of Representatives just last week that makes it a felony for doctors to perform abortions, the only exception being if a woman's life is in danger or she's already had a miscarriage that they're removing. The bill is an amendment to the state's description of what's considered "unprofessional conduct" by a physician. Now, "performance of abortion" is included in that description, unless it's necessary to "preserve the life of the mother." There's no other exception—not even rape.

To put it in perspective, performing an abortion is listed as "unprofessional conduct" for physicians among things like writing fake prescriptions or performing a procedure while intoxicated. According to the bill, any physician who participates in performing an abortion will not be able to obtain or renew their license to practice medicine in the state. They'll also face a prison sentence of up to three years in the State Penitentiary. The amended bill will go into effect on November 1, 2016 if it receives a final approval from the State Senate and a sign off from Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin (R), according to the New York Times.

This isn't Oklahoma's first time restricting abortion. Vox reports that the state already has a law in place that says non-physicians who perform an abortion will receive up to three years in prison. Now, this amendment extends the punishment to physicians, too. Fallin has previously supported abortion restriction, signing a bill into law last spring that requires women to have mandatory counseling 72 hours before they can get an abortion.

The Times also reports that because of defunding, Oklahoma only has two abortion clinics in the entire state, a number that's steadily declined throughout the years. There were only five abortion providers in Oklahoma in 2011, according to the Guttmacher Institute, yet 5,860 women obtained abortions in the state that same year.

Even if Fallin approves this latest amendment, the New York Times writes that it's likely it will be struck down by the Supreme Court as unconstitutional. The 1973 Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade established a woman's right to get an abortion under the Constitution. Just this January, the Supreme Court struck down North Dakota's strict abortion law, which banned abortion after the first detection of a fetal heartbeat. While different from Oklahoma's law, it was still essentially another abortion ban.

Even if Oklahoma's law is struck down, it's frightening the bill has gone so far.